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From January to August of this year, workers have died in the Community of Madrid, 44 during work hours and 9 in accidents “in itinere”. If we compare it with what was happening in 2019 and prior to the pandemic crisis, the period of 2021 presents a significant increase in fatal accidents in Madrid and those classified as serious by the Regional Institute of Safety and Health at Work. , according to UGT Madrid complaint. In , there were 42 work-related victims , 29 fatal accidents occurred during work hours and accidents “in itinere”, that is, fewer deaths than in the eight months so far this year. The data collected by UGT shows that during the working day and by sector in Madrid, fatal accidents have been recorded in the Services sector in Construction and 2 in Industry. It is in the Services sector where the increase has been greatest since in 16 accidents were recorded. Regarding the severity of the accidents and during work hours, from January to August there were serious accidents . In , from January to August, the data on serious accidents was 279. According to official figures from the Regional Institute of Safety and Health at Work (IRSST), in August of this year, work accidents occurred in the Community of Madrid, of which 4,951 occurred during the work day and on the way there. and back to work.
There have been fatal accidents, one of them in the Construction sector and the cause of it was due to entrapment; and 3 in companies in the Services sector, two of them due to non-traumatic pathologies , PNT, (strokes, heart attacks, strokes...); and the third also for entrapment. Due to severity and economic sectors, Services continues to be the most punished . The 16 workers who have suffered a serious accident in the month of August belong to this sector, are from Construction Guatemala Mobile Number List and 3 from Industry, of the total number of serious accidents that have been 35. Regarding minor accidents, it is also in the Services sector where the highest number is recorded with accidents, followed by Construction with , Industry with 452 and Agriculture with 23. Of the 53 fatalities at work, 27 fatal accidents have been due to PNT , (those caused by strokes, heart attacks, strokes., and 25 workers have suffered a serious accident for this same cause , with subsequent consequences.
From January to August, work accidents caused by Covid-19 , according to official figures, in the health and socio-health sectors, the only activities that have this professional contingency recognized, are 2,066 minor accidents, 2 serious accidents and 2 fatal ones, which represents a total of 2,070 work accidents. In statements by Susana Huertas Moya, Secretary of Occupational Health of UGT Madrid: “it is necessary to strengthen the relationships between the Social Agents, and all the Institutions involved in the fight against this occupational scourge that is accidents at work . We are concerned that the health crisis will lead some companies to prioritize profits and the bottom line, leaving aside the prevention of workplace accidents and the health of workers,” she says.
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